Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-02

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ship Idaho arrived ffom eiska tbil
morning. She has ~ beaad numbes
OF miners from the Yakon region. all Of
whom hare krom $500 20 5000 e {
-. uls ef the seasons work.
From The Alaska Frss Prsss Of The
i1th Of Sept. the following news para
eFaphs of ths Yukon minea ere e.
lraoisd.
~rhe asBsEAl formation oe The uppes
Yukon e slate. lims and porphySy. u
this foFmatcn many veins Of gold
and silver bearing quartz have
been found. but as yst they
remain nnRctioed By the mimsF and he
has rarely taken the troubie 10 break
open the pIeos of quarts 70 examine ls.
QanFtz carrying an abundance Of free
sold was picked up this simmer % For
g Mile Creek. bul lie souFce is yes IN
discovered, IN fact unpEospectsd fos,
the rich grave bars alone being the at-
trae lon.
10 soma pieces these latter ara inassa
rich. some miners DARING this summer
having rocked ous e high - 10 ounces
10 day at the new dioEinRs On Forty
Mile Greek. This placs vas first dis
covered late last fall By 9 man named
Franklin, and upon bic report Of the
discovery OF eoeree gold there the
miners on Stewart and Salmon rivera
pulled ont for that section.
10 fast Forty Mile OFaok was the OBJ
iectlvs point Of ell Who hese gone 70
the Yukon this esaaon. This stream
empsies into the Yukon river about 100
miles bsloV Fort Rslianae. having its
souFoe Ia tbs Alaskan range Of moun-
tains on the east divide and TO The eest
Of Mount It, Elias and the headWa1efs
Of Copper river.
RunninR from OoppeE riVnE 10 the
east n an immenaa coppeE bol1 akxky
miles wIds, and Il has been traced over
the divide 100 miles. TIE diRRinRs on
Forty Mile eommence abous three milea
up from lie mouth and are continuous
for ntnesy milaa. Up 40 far aa ehis
Summers explorations exterdec. Sew
eFal Of STE amall tributaries putting
into the main stream we're Somewhat
explored and found 20 be rich, bus the
scarcity Of water In them for washing
10 q prevailing drawback. Bars worked
aloB0 the main stream yielded all the
Way from ten dollars 70 thirteen oaneea
per day 10 tbs man, ell very
COARSE gold, the maRket pTice In Junean
Of uhich h about 81 per annum. Tuo
nuggets we're washed eat Of SIS and
&32 valne. u is essimsted that Ia che
nsIahboFnood Of ei00, 600 we're wash ed
COS Of theae diaRinRs this summeF. All
the miners, with the exoeps on Of those
who did no washing 10 speak Of
bne spent their time pEospoctina.
rocked sul from 500 10 $500
in dsst. This gold vas mainly
taken out Of the creek beds and very
near tbs suunino water, fox 10 no oass
could q miner wash farther back than
-four fest into lhs gravel banks on SO
ceunl Of encoanieFing ths hard frosen
Qround.
Gold rather lays In bunches than
otherWise, as one miner informed ua
several shoysls Of dirt could be taken
Up yhich would contain nothing bus Q
few oolors, while anothef would yield
perhaps an ounce. The Fiehest depoa-
iss law behind the bouiders and drifts
On one bar three men rocked ont tha
a5sh day Of July tventy-six ounces
wbiah u equal 20 elt2 ct the maFkss
price. About 90 days can be considered
sa the extsnt Of the washing season.
HiRh waters are q drawsask In the
early Hprino and atreaEss esnmsnco tc
frssss up sbeai ths Grst Of Ocsobsf.